Quinapalus was published in the 1970s and 1980s in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. Issue 2 appeared in February 1979, #3 was released in April 1979, #5 in January 1981, #6 in December 1982, and #7, the last issue, in March 1988.

In Checkpoint #94, of February/March 1979, Peter Roberts called it a "...promising fannish fanzine".

M.K. Digre, with Eric Biever, were co-editors of Rune in the mid-1980s.